Preschool Storytime Ideas

Pumpkins - revised

Pumpkins can be a great Autumn storytime theme, especially if you have parents who would prefer you avoided doing Halloween stories. Also, the pumpkin theme can work for the entire Fall season and not just October. There are plenty of great craft activities to go with the pumpkin theme, including those found here: www.first-school.ws/theme/mini_theme/pumpkins.htm
One of the easiest is to make pumpkins out of paper lunch bags: stuff them with crumbled newspaper, and tie at the top. Add eyes, nose, and mouth, an d cut out a few green paper leaves to attach to the “stem” - the area at the top where you tied the bag shut.

Christelow, Eileen. THE PUMPKIN FAIR.
At this fair, pumpkins win prizes not just for the largest, but for the "best loved" and other categories.

Cooper, Helen. PUMPKIN SOUP.
Squirrel, Cat, and Duck quarrel over how to make pumpkin soup.